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Arcane Missiles

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Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Instant cast1 sec cooldownMedium Range

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Arcane Missiles is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 3 times over the full 3 sec. It triggers Arcane Missiles.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 1 sec cooldown and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Arcane Missiles (record #167676).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 sec
Global cooldownNone
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration3 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Arcane Missiles
Effect #2Dummy (3)

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #167675. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#164304used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#164305duration: 5 secA variant record
#166995no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#167002used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#167676used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#170666cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#170667used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#171863duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#171872used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#172060cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#172061used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#177178duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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